Title: Logs tab
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Logs tab

 *  Resolved [H](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thwordpressorg/)
 * (@thwordpressorg)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/logs-tab-1/)
 * Regarding the recent feature “Record validation logs” I first thought it rather
   useless, as I misunderstood there was no built-in log parser and would just bloat
   the database with cryptic logs. So I left it disabled until I found your latest
   blog post.
    I changed the option to [Only when blocked], and [Logs] tab showed
   up! Maybe [Logs] tab should always be visible and should print a static message
   like “[Record validation logs] is disabled” when that’s the case. Just my thought.
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 *  Plugin Author [tokkonopapa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tokkonopapa/)
 * (@tokkonopapa)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/logs-tab-1/#post-5739157)
 * Hi, nice suggestion!
 * 1. Currently, this feature **does not** record the password into the database
   but just record `*` (asterisk) instead, if someone logged in from the permitted
   country. And if you does not put `pwd` into [$_POST keys in logs], no password
   is logged. But after reading your comment, I become to think it should be more
   strengthened to protect it. So I’ll rethink about this feature.
 * 2. Yea, [Logs] tab should always be visible! I’ll improve it on the next release.
 * Thanks.
 *  Plugin Author [tokkonopapa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tokkonopapa/)
 * (@tokkonopapa)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/logs-tab-1/#post-5739167)
 * First of all, I should explain about this feature.
 * If you leave [$_POST keys in logs] empty, nothing to be encrypted are logged 
   but IP address, user agent and etc. If you put `pwd` into it, the password will
   be expanded into the logs. But event in this case, it will be logged as `*` (
   asterisk) instead of raw characters if it comes from the permitted country.
 * The purpose of this feature is to analyze the post pattern of attackers.
 * If you have any good idea or suggestion about it, I’m very glad to hear from 
   you!
 * Thanks.
 *  Thread Starter [H](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thwordpressorg/)
 * (@thwordpressorg)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/logs-tab-1/#post-5739344)
 * Thank you for the clarification.
    With the record option enabled, I found the
   Logs tab quite useful to glance over possible attacks. Wonderful it is that every
   feature is simple and just works.
 *  Plugin Author [tokkonopapa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tokkonopapa/)
 * (@tokkonopapa)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/logs-tab-1/#post-5739368)
 * In version 2.0.1, I improved UI which you pointed out.
 * Now I close this ticket, but if you have something to suggest, please do not 
   hesitate to open new ticket at any time.
 * Thanks again!
 * * Another consideration for the future:
    If someone who doesn’t need logs, he/
   she also doesn’t want creating a new database table for logs. So the best timing
   when to create it should be reconsidered.

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